... witnessed in women. The chapter also examines his ideas on sex and sexual intimacy, and how such experiences are linked to the knowledge of God. Finally, it examines Ibn Άrabī's alternative narratives of creation, including Jesus's birth from the Virgin Mary, that further undermine dominant gender norms...

... of sexual intimacy, social rebellion, and doctrinal heresy as he defied convention in the Mughal regional capital of Lāhōr (Lahore in contemporary Pakistan. It finds that the lips reveal the spiritual secrets of saliva, which represents an intimacy that boldly breaks all routine social and even legal...